check out my body damage

[IPwizard]

Been there done that too. Rust ring and all. Only the dr that I went to used an IV needle to pick out the piece of metal and then the next day used a tiny little dremel type burr bit to remove the rust ring. Didn't hurt but sure was unsettling to have that high pitched dentist drill sound headed for your eye ball. Needless to say I own about 5 pairs of safety glasses now. No long term vision problems here either.

Yeah I could not keep my eyes open if the light was very bright. My Dr scraped the rust from my eye with a IV needle. It does freak a person out when you have hold your head still with your chin in that weird fame, and they shine that 2,000,000 candle power light in your eye (well not that much but seems like it ). Then theres that needle heading for your eye, dosent hurt but your eye moves as they scrape. Dont want to do that again.

 

[Smokeater11]

near miss today

I had another near miss today with the grinder. I'm steedy buffing off the 40 yrs of gunk on my frame when I catch one of those oblong holes on the top and it promptly snatches the grinder out of my hands and sends it dancing on the concrete between my feet. Thankfully I was standing unstead of sitting down or it would have been in my lap. So I jump up onto the frame to get my feet out of the way and managed to reach the extension cord and unplug it. All the while the picture of mountianlivins' arm is flashing in my head. Took a second to unpucker my asshole but then I forgot to turn the switch to the off position and proceeded to plug the damn thing back in sending it flopping across the floor some more. I decided it was time for a break at this point and regroup. Other than that my day of working on the Dirt Donkeys' frame went well.

 

[brian72]

Mark - grinding with an elbow like that....you are brave. Be carefull, don't want that grinder jerking your arm the wrong direction.

 

[bax]

Mark - grinding with an elbow like that....you are brave. Be carefull, don't want that grinder jerking your arm the wrong direction.

Brian I was thinking the same thing. standing there grinding away, the grinder bucks and mark pulls away smacking the elbow against the frame rail. Blood and puss being forced out between the staples, pain shooting thru his body as he drops the grinder on his toes.Bending over in pain smacking his head on the frame falling backwards onto the spinning grinder that is still running. Its not a pretty picture.
Mark, take it easy man.

Bax

 

[Smokeater11]

RITFLMAO...... Bax your imagination kills me. Actually I got the staples out Wed morning and a lot of the swelling has gone down. I woke up one morning and it was like somone had drained it overnight. But I am being careful. The doc said everything is structurally sound in there and that I can do whatever I can handle with the strength that I have in it. Thanks for the concern though.

 

[cracker]

Geez Brian,
If that is how you take care of yourself in the garage, what are you like on the trail???;D ;D
If you work on your own vehicles, chances are you have the scars to prove it.... I lost track after ten.... and counting...



P.S. Did you make it to Carnage??

 

[HotWheels]

Ive got a photo somewhere of me getting abck to base camp with a busted chin bleeding down with a 2 inch skin flap, khukri stuck in my arm and a bullethole in my leg. I'll dig it up...talk about getting hurt while working....:-X

But you should see the other guys...decompossed pretty well by now....just in time for Halloween...

 

[77BroncoWag]

when was that?

 

[mountainlivin]

look at your local pharmacy for "Advanced Care" bandages. They are a large patch that you can place over the wound. You leave it on for 7 days then replace. They are waterproof and very durable. Makes keeping big wounds clean very easy. You can shingle multiple patches down the wound to cover the whole thing.

They are expensive (4/pack and the pack is $6.00), but the ease of healing is well worth it.

Other thing is that as you wear it, the patch creates a cushioning layer between the wound and the bandage (bandage swells up) so that if you accidentally hit it on something, it doesn't hurt that bad.

Healing is very quick with these things.

Thanks for the good tip. Those things are great!

 

[sstlaure]

No sweat....I've got bad luck with big ouches myself....;D

When playing softball one day (company picnic), I decided to slide into 3rd base with my shorts on (gravel surface). I basically took off most of my shin skin. I had 4 of those suckers shingled down my leg to cover the whole thing and never once had a leak & never saw road rash heal so quick...

Glad they worked out.

 

[mudstud]

This is somewhat Bronco related. I was working on a project my wife started and she never got around to finishing. She had bought an antique cabinet to refinish. In order to move my Bronco closer to me (it has been at my Brother’s shop) I had to make room for it. This cabinet was in the middle of my shop. I was just about to finish some hand sanding when I jammed a splinter in my thumb and under my thumbnail. I have had splinters before but this smarted a little more for some reason. There was no splinter exposed. Everything was under the thumbnail. The piece on the left is the first piece pulled out. I thought no big deal. Then came the second piece and still no big deal. I went to pull the last piece out and it would not budge. After trimming my thumbnail to get a better grip it still took two more tries. I now understand why it smarted a little more than usual. The second picture is with the hydrogen peroxide cap next to them. The last is the thumb in question.

 

[ontherun]

This is somewhat Bronco related. I was working on a project my wife started and she never got around to finishing. She had bought an antique cabinet to refinish. In order to move my Bronco closer to me (it has been at my Brother’s shop) I had to make room for it. This cabinet was in the middle of my shop. I was just about to finish some hand sanding when I jammed a splinter in my thumb and under my thumbnail. I have had splinters before but this smarted a little more for some reason. There was no splinter exposed. Everything was under the thumbnail. The piece on the left is the first piece pulled out. I thought no big deal. Then came the second piece and still no big deal. I went to pull the last piece out and it would not budge. After trimming my thumbnail to get a better grip it still took two more tries. I now understand why it smarted a little more than usual. The second picture is with the hydrogen peroxide cap next to them. The last is the thumb in question.

That's some real good, detail-oriented, archiving of self-abuse,.... keep it up,..;D S.